Telecom Immunity Sanctioned.

The Senate just voted down the Dodd / Feingold amendment, which would have stripped telecom immunity from the FISA bill. The bill as it stands makes all telecom companies retroactively immune from legal action for their participation in illegal wiretapping and surveillance of American citizens.

Senator Chris Dodd on the outcome of the vote: "We’ve just sanctioned the single largest invasion of privacy in American history.”

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In a perfect world you could fuck people without ever giving them a piece of your heart.
And every glittering kiss and every touch of flesh is another shard of heart you'll never see again.

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In a perfect world you could fuck people without ever giving them a piece of your heart.
And every glittering kiss and every touch of flesh is another shard of heart you'll never see again.

i actually have no problem with retroactive sanctions. i imagine there was a pretty huge incentive for the phone companies to comply... i think as long as it's NEVER done again... which i'm sure is an absurd notion... then OK. I do agree generally with Chris Dodd and it was a shame he couldn't make it further with his presidential run. Good things would happen... good things.

starting now everyone when they answer the phone should say bomb instead of hello. so the whole system will be listening to useless conversations and eventually overload itself. sort of like in casino when deniro and pesci had their wives talk bullshit on the phone, so that the fbi would flick off before they got down to business.

Sorry, but in Canada they don't even put on a charade to pretend that you are or ever were sovereign Citizens. They do this shit to you all as well, but don't bother to actually bring the issue up for any kind of debate or exposure.

We have an independent judiciary that actually has the power to strike down laws... so... yeah.

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In a perfect world you could fuck people without ever giving them a piece of your heart.
And every glittering kiss and every touch of flesh is another shard of heart you'll never see again.

Again I am confused. The Queen has no practical authority. Also the US judiciary does not have the power to nullify legislation.

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In a perfect world you could fuck people without ever giving them a piece of your heart.
And every glittering kiss and every touch of flesh is another shard of heart you'll never see again.

...The US courts can find any legislation unconstituational and overturn it.

The Queen has ALL practical authority over Canada when she chooses to exercise it. Who does your Prime Minister answer to? The Governor General. Who does she answer to? The Queen of England. No, she doesn't interfere as long as the status-quo remains and the Royal Family retain their privelidged status. But how long, even with popular parliamentary support, do you think a Prime Minister would last if he tried to break all ties to the crown?

You live under a monarchy that allows you a parliamentary democracy. When it is convienient.